8
“The restriction of debate, whether by a repressive government or an intolerant society, invariably hurts those who lack power and makes everyone less capable of democratic participation”.
Revelation Perth International Film Festival Program Director Jack Sargeant picks his favourite six (and then some) movies from this year’s program.
8.5
… exacting and believable, watching it can feel like you’re involved in an emphatically unhealthy situation.
5
… spectacle without substance: a film that gestures toward scandal and intensity but offers little emotional resonance or intellectual insight in return.
5.5
... truly original.
Revelation Perth International Film Festival returned to brighten Perth’s cultural calendar in the guts of a dreary winter, when a cosy cinema among fellow film-lovers is as enticing as a
7.5
… a stinging critique of a country in transition between Western aspiration and Eastern disorientation, filtered through the fuzzy lens of an unearthed VHS mixtape.
7.5
… a tender elegy …
Among the standout documentaries at this year’s Revelation Perth International Film Festival is The Art Whisperer, an intimate portrait of Ginny Williams, the trailblazing art collector and patron who unapologetically
The Western Australian emerging filmmaker took inspiration from directing funerals to directing short film Milktooth, which is screening at Revelation Perth International Film Festival. “When I first started directing funerals,